Coral Thermal Preconditioning Responses for Montastraea and Orbicella Species

Experimental data from a study investigating active enhancement of coral resilience through thermal preconditioning. The dataset likely contains species- and colony-specific responses of Montastraea cavernosa and Orbicella faveolata to preconditioning and subsequent acute heat stress, including symbiont community changes. It was authored by Macarena Blanco Pimentel and published on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare species-specific resilience based on thermal preconditioning interventions described in the study
• Analyze colony-specific performance under acute heat stress as evaluated in the controlled experiments
• Model changes in symbiont community composition associated with preconditioning treatments
• Benchmark coral physiological responses for restoration program planning

Strengths

• Data is from a controlled experimental study with specific coral species (Montastraea cavernosa and Orbicella faveolata)
• Published under an open CC-BY-4.0 license
• Includes multiple file formats (R, CSV, RDATA) suggesting analysis-ready outputs

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The 93.5 MB size indicates a relatively small dataset, potentially limiting scope

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Data from controlled laboratory experiments on coral species.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-18 17:55:08; freshness should be verified